Gearford

Originally Posted by Fire_Minded

Without using mids,or any other type of program,and stepping back,looking at the Blaster AT its self,i can pretty much tell you "Why" recharge times where slowed down for a whole 2 powers in the Rad Blast set made for Blasters.

#1 - Blasters have the highest ranged damage modifier in the game.

#2 - Blasters with the majority of there sets get Build Up,and Aim,giving a huge bonus to there damage,without the aid of a buffer.

#3 - Blasters can be buffed for added damage on top of there damage modifier,to obseenly high levels.

With just those 3 reasons,they slowed down 2 of the fastest firing attacks in the game,just so a blaster wouldnt be over powered,atleast not without having to take steps like Hasten,or Recharge Enhancers.

Allowing a Blaster to fire of Rad Blasts as fast as a Defender can causes a problem that i can visually see,and thats prolly why when they gave it to Blasters,they slowed it down.

A Defender doesnt hit very hard with Rad Blasts...AT ALL..(Speaking from experiance,had a lvl 39 Rad/Rad defender on old account).They did however fire very fast,which was one of the pulls that lead me to play a Rad/Rad,that and the green color that couldnt be changed.

Just a example,a Blaster can do a dual self buff cycle,raising its damage over 150%,now if you put into account the high damage modifier...Bosses wouldnt stand a chance,nore would most mobs if you where firing off rapid fire Neutreno Bolts as fast as a defender could...causing a massive amount of damage just with your teir 1 power....Some EBs and AVs would be taken down and be a utter joke if you nailed it with 10 hits of 1 second recharge Neutreno Bolt that did say,150 damage each shot,not to mention if you hit with the first one,the rest wouldnt miss due to its def % debuff,which would make it even stronger,because even with Aim + Build Up,you can still miss a target.Now lets add a team...someones Buffing your damage output,say a EMP Defender just Fort'd you,then say theres a /Rad Controller or Defender on this same team,and say they are going after a AV,or a EB,Bank Mission,TF,whatever,and they just Debuffed the Big Bad,and the tanker runs up to hold the agro...ok...those 10 shots of 150 damage now become say...250 each blast using Neutreno Bolt,that would mean 2,500 damage from a single 1 teir power using the Defenders Verion of Rad Blasts,from 1 Build Up + Aim Cycle.Then if you wanna get more technical,you could actually boost that damage to around 3000 if you still had 1.5 recharge for the N. Bolt,and the 4 seconds recharge defender version eye beams(forget the name of that power,been a while.)Making that Boss,EB,or AV,a complete joke,and the Blaster wouldnt have to take more then 1 or 2 Blast powers...mainly the teir 1 and 2 powers,and would be safe from most mob agro,because he is dropping everything he ST attacks to quickly to really harm him,hence why i say it would be over powered.

Its not hard to understand,its just that people dont "Want" to understand.

Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect

No one has said much about Radiation Blast because it is still very new to blasters, and people are still getting a feel for it's strengths and weaknesses.

I like Sonic/Devices. Safe soloer, and solid teammate, though your secondary will be more or less ignored on teams. Sonic/Energy is a good choice as well.

Originally Posted by magikwand

As far as I understood, Fire is one of the least resisted types of damage you can dish out.

Originally Posted by bamaWolfie

I agree that doing this wWAS sickening. However, if the SA hadn't been so greedy and in such a hurry to cash the check, the would have saved themselves some trouble. All the other charities had sense enough to call the company and verify.

Having a spouse who's a mercenary for the SA (he's the driver for a thrift store) I can tell you, the SA isn't all their publicity make it out to be.

http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2010/0...cid=webmaildl3


Recently in Florence, AL... they closed the shelter because the shelter manager AND the night volunteer quit at the same time. Yet, the OFFICERS OF THE SALVATION ARMY couldn't inconvenience themselves to do some work and keep the shelter open. Luckily, one of the few good posts (Huntsville, AL) had people volunteer.

I can tell you, based on the local group... greed knows no season or boundry. I will NEVER donate to the SA ever again.

For an organization that is SUPPOSED to be based on Christian ethics and charity, I find they are a poor, poor example of both.

Originally Posted by Paragon

Even though it's listed as a Temporary Power, you can still use it when they're disabled for TFs because the No Temp Powers setting originated in Ouroboros Flashback Arc settings.

Oh, and the TF is infinitely easier than the SF.... There are no ambushes in the final mission.